almostwitty

To be fair, it's far more often the intent behind the word than the word itself. Paki is Urdu for beautiful. Negro was a perfectly acceptable word. Waving the British flag around used to be perfectly fine until BNP fascists started co-opting it for their own ends and waving it around became a symbol of fascism to some people.

And I was never born in Wales - how DARE you? I just grew up there. Twice. ;)